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Tablet PCs


Unlike most computers, Tablet PCs offer three modes of input:

  1. Keyboard (like every computer)
  2. Stylus -- writing on the Screen
  3. Voice -- recordings

The second mode -- entering information with the stylus is what makes a Tablet PC most interesting.

Writing on the Tablet


The stylus is powered by a magnetic tip stuck into the writing end of the pen. Most pens have three active parts.

  1. The tip. When the tip is on or near the screen it begins to control the cursor. Tapping the pen is equivalent to clicking the mouse.
  2. The "eraser" end, which works as you'd expect in many situations.
  3. A button along the side that when pressed changes a tap from a click to an off-click.

Programs Built for Handwriting


These programs give you a place to write longhand, then convert to text
  1. OneNote
  2. Journal

Programs that Fit Handwriting in Around the Edges (ink-enabled)


With these programs you are typically handwriting around text and you don't convert what you've handwritten.
  1. Word and Excel let you write over the top of the document
  2. Word let's you put handwritten boxed comments into the document
  3. Although it fights you a little you can mix text and handwriting on a PowerPoint slide.

Toys and Tablet Novelties



  1. Ink Flash Cards
  2. Equation Writer